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Leach or leech?
Leach: verb – to dissolve by percolation;
subject soil, etc, to the action of percolating water, which takes out soluble
constituents; slowly deprive.
Leech: verb – to apply leeches to a patient in
the cause of medical treatment; to drain of energy, resources; attach oneself
like a leech, be parasitic.
A leech (noun) is a parasitic worm that sucks
blood from its host.
‘The
continuous rains had leached the soil of all goodness, so that it would no longer
support a crop of any worth.’
‘Doctor Death
decided that the only cure for his patient’s hysteria was to leech her on a
daily basis, slowly draining her of what he considered was her bad blood.’
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